Smulders Projects Yard in Newcastle, UK

Massive SGC-120 Crane Used at Smulders Projects Yard,
Newcastle, UK

The SGC-120 is one of the world's most massive cranes: it has a
130-metre main boom and is capable of lifting 3.200 tonnes.
Recently, Sarens deployed it for a load-out and assembly operation
at the Smulders Projects jacket yard in Newcastle,
UK.

"Assembling a crane like this is a project in itself," says
Global Technical Solutions Engineering Manager Peter
Huygebaert. "There's a 45-metre ring footprint. The boom is
130 metres long, so you need a place to assemble that on the ground
as well. You need a decent-sized crawler crane to install the
counterweights, which weigh 100 tonnes each, 36 of them. But all
that together pays off, and in the end you have a crane that has
over 3.000 tonnes of capacity."

You can watch the newest video of the SGC-120 being
assembled and load tested for this operation here.

Once Sarens operators prepared and load tested the crane, it was
ready for action. The SGC-120 lifted the 397t wind farm modules off
the barge and set them 120 metres away from the load-out site. It
also placed the upper jacket on top of the lower jacket, achieving
a final height of about 70 metres.

A total of 28 of these wind farm jackets are destined for the
Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm, and our client Smulders is responsible
for their construction and installation. Sarens is proud to
have supported this operation by assembling the SGC-120 crane on
site and providing it for the client's use.

However, the SGC-120 wasn't the only star of this
operation. Sarens deployed approximately fifteen other cranes,
including:

2x CC2800

LR1750

CC3800

LR1300

LR1400

2x mobile 300-500t + some smaller crawler cranes

Check out the video of the impressive lift of the jackets
by the SGC-120 here!